Adnan Uqla

Adnan Uqla (5 January 1951-) was a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood of Syria and the commander of its "fighting vanguard" during the Islamist uprising of 1976-1982.

Biography
Adnan Uqla was born in Haspin, Quneitra Governorate, Syria on 5 January 1951, the son of a baker and a member of a middle-class family. He studied civil engineering and served in the Syrian Arab Army as an officer, only to become involved with the underground Muslim Brotherhood in Syria. In 1979, he arranged for the massacre of Syrian army cadets at the Aleppo Artillery School, killing up to 83 soldiers. From 1981 to 1982, he led the Brotherhood's Fighting Vanguard, but he was dismissed after the 1982 Hama massacre. He fled to Iraq, and he was arrested while trying to re-enter Syria in 1982. He may have been executed that same year.